12Exemption—gas supply bodies

12 Exemption—gas supply bodies

(1) Section 9 does not apply if: (a) the eligible service is a carriage service, and the sole use of the carriage service is use by a gas supply body to carry communications necessary or desirable for: (i) managing the transmission or distribution of natural gas in a pipeline; or (ii) charging for the supply of natural gas transmitted or distributed in a pipeline; or (b) the eligible service is a service that facilitates the supply of a carriage service covered by paragraph (a) of this section. (2) Paragraph (1)(a) does not apply to a carriage service supplied to a gas supply body unless the carriage service is supplied on the basis that the gas supply body must not re‑supply the carriage service.